stay with us for "good morning america." a big day over there. coldplay in a live concert. thanks for watch the way to hope is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all reporter: t same-sex marriage bill has been signed into law in maryland, but opponents say the fight is far from over. and schools for learning for one woman in anne arundel county hopes a crook will learn his lesson after robbing her. what officers say he did moments before that robbery. today get ready for some serious demolition at the hopkins plaza. how city leaders say it's going to improve the scenery as well as congestion. when i nelt on my knees, i

just asked god to see me through. >> a lot of emotion this morning as this week's deadly tornadoes, people are trying to make sense of what happened. the death toll has risen to 13 after a kansas woman died last night. the severe weather tuesday night and wednesday morning now possibly coming back this morning. we're certainly tracking every angle of that storm. good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson, she's megan pringle. we have more on these storms developing across america's heartland. >> we're looking at tornado alley. you can see in the red where i have that red circle, that's where you're going to be dealing with a moderate risk or they will be dealing with a moderate risk for today. so large hail in that area, damaging wind and also tornadoes. and then we have the yellow coding and that's basically a slight risk. the storm prediction center has that area in a slight risk and we could be seeing the run-of- the-mill thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon.

for the most part we should stay dry this morning and then we'll see increasing clouds as we go over time. i'll have your temperatures coming up but right now let's get a check of the traffic with greg. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. we have a -- had a relatively quiet night, happy to say we didn't have an incident of any kind overnight. northbound is great shape north of to. mchenry tunnels are reopened, 4 and 2 were closed overnight. a work zone southbound 95 across the tiding bridge which is a little squeamish for those trying to get single file to the south. we have one at the 895 split, that was on the left side of the road. we got this, in utility road at stephenson will take away a left lane. now back to you. >> thank you so much. maryland now the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage. >> but opope -- opponents are gearing up for the next chapter in all of this. linda stow is here with what's next. reporter: opoabilitys say they

will send out a petition as soon as next week to collect the 55,000 signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot. governor o'malley joined by lawmakers signed the bill into law last night. outside the statehouse supporters gathered to witness the bill signing but same-sex couples still have a long way from walking down the aisle. one group says it's printing the petition forms and will start collecting the 55,726 needed to send the issue to referendum. >> i have in my hand a pencil and it has an eraser on the end. they might as well have signed that bill. reporter: the bill allows the first gay marriages to begin happening next year. if those signatures are collected by may 31st it will go on the november ballot. 49% of marylanders are in favor of same-sex marriage and 47% oppose it. linda stow, abc 2 news: news

time 4:33. four people in baltimore are accused of taking part in a cocaine ring. officers say the suspects bought it and then sold it in the ool toon a, pennsylvania leader. investigators say about five pounds of cocaine have been sold a week which is around $2 million total. we've learned this morning that nearly 2000 people could have jobs in western maryland. the maryland petroleum council says western maryland could be home to more than 350 natural gas wells. economists say those wells would bring in roughly $440 million during a 30-year period. that proposal is still awaiting approval. anne arundel county police this morning are trying to track down a man who robbed a woman outside the chesapeake academy. the woman told police that she was walking towards the school's entrance on wednesday when a man grabbed her purse and knocked her to the ground. he jumped in his car and took off. police say that the man was at the main office of the school before that robbery asking for

information about enrollment. anne arundel county police can be reached at 410-222-6155 or you can always call them at crime stoppers, 866-7-lockup. you can also go to the website, metrocrimestoppers.org. the university of baltimore and university of maryland college park will be sharing more resources. turns out leaders approved the measure yesterday. the two eufers will now combine research programs to allow students to easily enroll in classes on both campuses. today according to the baltimore business journal, city workers will begin a $2 million demolition of the skywalk at hopkins plaza. here's a live look part of a ci to decrease the amount of people walking around. city officials say it will also improve landscaping. the project will take blais on baltimore street between hopkins place and st. charles. demolition will take about six months. a piece of history is leaving baltimore's inner harbor. the carousel that has been there 31 years is now being

taken down. the owner had plans but it appeared to be a battle he couldn't win. knight brought in the now 106- year-old ride to the inner harbor in 1981. now he's beginning to take it down. city officials say he'd not been paying his rent. a city official told abc 2 news, the likesly replacement for that spot will be next to the maryland science center is another carousel. richard says he plans to reopen his carousel when he can, he's just not going to do it in baltimore. teptions have been growing in the occupy protests. >> it's come to more than name calling in one u.s. city. the education protest that turned into a fist fight. we'll take you there. brides waited weeks for their gowns. tensions grow as this store says it is bankrupt. it's freebie friday. the maryland mom who found deals for you and your family to take advantage of this weekend. we'll tell you about that when

"good morning maryland" continues on this friday morning. it is march 2nd and that's a live look this morning into moscow.

news time now 4:38. you know, there is a saying nothing in life is free, but that's not exactly true. every friday we find you deals you can get online. megan is standing by in the interactive news center with this installment of this week's "freebie friday." hi, megan. reporter: hey, charley. if you're doing home improvement anytime soon, you may want to 2 to abc2news.com. you get to our website, when you get there, click on free sample mama and we have all sorts of deals. we change them every week so there's always new stuff. there's a bunch of stuff that changes from food to home improvement. for examplele, you can get free cans of paint from two different sources, one is from valespar . all you have to do is like them on facebook. they're going to give away 750

sample kits. ace hardware, like them on facebook and they're going to give away free paint. find this at free sample mama on abc2news.com. at 5:00 we're going to tell you about the deals that are available and these involve food. and, lynette, i know you'll like that. we'll send it over to you for a look at the wh. what's going on right now? >> you're exactly right, megan, i love that. not a whole lot going on across our area right now. these temperatures are much chillier than what we had yesterday. remember we were in the 50s at this time. so 33 degrees into stevenson, good morning to you. joppa coming in right around 33 and 30 into chester, rock hall 34, annapolis 35 degrees and millersville at 33. so you do need to bundle up as you head out and about this morning. the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot right now. we're under mainly clear skies, most of the clouds are off to the north of us. but as i snroom out, you can see we will start to get active. we're already seeing some activity across portions of kentucky and also down into tennessee. this will start to move in our

direction more as we go later into the evening, increasing clouds throughout the day and also we will have another round of some showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow. all those details are coming up. but now let's get a check of the traffic with greg. reporter: and a good morning to you. let's start with a review of the baltimore beltway where we had one work zone on the inner loop at 95 that has now been cleared. that was on the top side of the beltway. everything is open there. same for route 1 and there was road work in the overnight on i- 83. that's been picked up as well. nothing on i-70 between sikesville or 895, 895 and the bridge all reporting no problems whatsoever. up north we had southbound 95 traffic crossing the tidings bridge, single file to the right, others hitting white marsh. those should be being picked up as we speak. traveling through the tunnels, fort mchenry and the harbor tunnels are all back to normal traffic at this hour. now back to you >> thank you. a safety alert for you this morning.

we are following. the fbi now saying a cyber threat is becoming the nation's number one possible threat. fbi director david miller says the cyber threats would surpass terrorism as this country's top concern. miller testified at the senate select committee in january. terrorism is still the agency's top priority, but in the future it will likely be shifting second to involving cyber threats. the penn state sex abuse scandal has upset a lot of parents. >> new information for you this morning on that scandal where prosecutors now say jerry sandusky targeted at least eight children. plus check out this little baby. we're going to explain why this 8-month-old has such a fascination with our own meteorologist lynette charles.

five things you need to know before you head out the door. harvest for the hungry begins at statewide food drive today. this year the program aims at

collecting more healthier foods than in years past governor martin o'malley will emphasize the importance of reading today. he will kick off read across maryland month. according to the times, the baltimore ravens are expected to designate pro bowl running back ray rice today. and a pretrial hearing for hate crimes in the case against amish leaders sam mullice, sr in ohio. he and other family members are accused of cutting the hair and beards of the amish who refuse to support molocs. steny hoyer of maryland will join civil rights leaders on a pilgrimage. next week marks the 47th week of bloody sunday in alabama when police attacked hundreds of demonstrators. new court documents are shedding more light on the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. and abc 2 news' linda stow is standing by with the developments in this ongoing

investigation. linda. reporter: the new details are according to a document filed by the attorney general's office on thursday. prosecutors say one of the alleged victims were abused was abused in florida and texas and another boy while at his own school. two of the alleged victims remain unidentified. sandusky has been on house arrest awaiting his trial in may. he's charged with 52 criminal counts stemming from allegations he abused boys in his home, in state college hotels, at penn state athletic facilities and inside a car. jury selection in the trial is tentatively set for may 14th. linda stow, abc 2 news. this morning students at a high school outside of cleveland, ohio will head back to class for the first time since monday's deadly school shooting. charley. >> prosecutors say that t.j. lane opened fire and three students died while two others

were wounded. this is video from that scene a few days ago. visitation is scheduled today for one of those teens killed. funerals are set for next week. a high school valedictorian with big dreams says her future could be ruined by an immigration fight. later this month danielle palez and her sister are scheduled to be deported back to colombia. palez has a 4.0 grade point average, she applied to dartmouth and yale university. she came with her parents back in 1991. her parents divorced in 2006. her mom had to go back to colombia for medical reasons and the government denied her access back into the u.s. now, palez now live with her father who is a res dents but a judge decided on monday she and her sister can no longer live here. >> i want to be a heart surgeon. i love school, i love education, i'm the valedictorian of my high school. >> more than 3,000 people have already signed an online petition stopping the depreciation. now the young -- the deportation.

now the i couldn't recall girl's classmates are supporting. they will walk out of class today in protest of the young girl. tensions are escalating this morning in southern california after occupy protesters say that a driver tried to run them over. protesters tried to block off access to the campus yesterday morning but things turned violent when the driver who tried to get to work, you saw what happened right there. >> i think students should be allowed on campus. i know they blocked all the classes on campus, but i think this is unfair for students. >> yesterday marked the kickoff of the national occupy education. it will last three more days and then will end in california with a rally in sacramento on monday. indiana now a man is recovering after a 3,000-pound concrete vault fell on a graveyard worker. he survived. the vault pinned him on wednesday morning. he and a coworker were lowering that vault into the ground when the accident happened. doctors say the man lost some

circulation to his legs but will otherwise be fine. we've learned overnight skiers swept away in an after lampleg near lake tahoe has died. one of them was able to get out and call for help. rescue teams reached the man a couple of hours later and got him to an ambulance. he later died at a hospital. rescuers say the group was skiing in the back country area in the mountains. near sacramento, california, a car crashed into one -- not one, but three homes in northern california. police say the jeep cherokee driver was going so fast yesterday, he smashed through a curb, went through a fence, hit a tree stump and plowed through three homes. that jeep finally careened into house number three, smashing into the side of that building. no word yet on any charges facing the driver. anxious brides stood in the rain on thursday outside of the bankrupt cinderella bridal salon in west warwick, rhode island, hoping to get the gowns they paid for. they had no idea the dresses were still in the store.

some issues have been settled but not all of them and not everybody is happy about it. alexander crowley has more from rhode island this morning. reporter: the last time these ladies were here, they found the wedding gown of their dreams. but after cinderella bridal salon in west warwick went bankrupt, they weren't sure if they'd ever see their gowns again. >> they told us to leave it here and they'll do the alterations for us. so we said, okay. and obviously a bad idea. >> i'm staying very optimistic that it's in there. >> a little disappointing, but hopefully it'll have a positive ending and we'll walk out all happy. reporter: one by one, skeptical bride-to-bees were led into the salon to hunt down their dress. they were told their dresses were here, but none of them believed it until it was in their hands. for many the uncertainty faded and walked away with gown in hand. >> this is is so relieving. reporter: but danielle wasn't

so lucky. her name was on the wrong dress. but after picking through the racks, her mom found the right one. >> pretty happy right now. muah. reporter: excitement grew until this woman found her dress had been given to someone else, and, look, her name is scratched out on the tag. >> i think i should be able to take the dress as it clearly mismatches that. >> i have a court order, unfortunately, that we advised this woman that her dress is here. reporter: by court order, the attorney can't give the dress to the woman until the other bride-to-be turns it down. >> we left it here. >> that was alexander kelly reporting. 22 women were able to pick up their gowns yesterday. if the others aren't claimed within 10 days, they will be sold to other boutiques in the next couple of weeks. all new for you, fans come in all shapes and all sizes. >> that's right. and meteorologist lynette

charles turns out, i don't know if you know this, but you have a huge fan, 8 months old. >> watch this. good morning. i'm meteorologist lynette charles. the rain will start to push in here and we will be seeing some wet conditions, so make sure you grab your jacket. >> look at that. apparently this happens every time the baby hears your voice. >> here's what happened, karen brown sent the video in of her 8-month-old son mason. they watch abc 2 news every morning, thank you for watching, and whenever mason hears your voice, lynette, he turns and watches. he's a captive audience. >> we're going to have to get him here and see if can you do the weather with him or something. >> he's a cutie pie. his birthday was yesterday, 8 months old, i wished him happy birthday, yesterday. i even outdo barney and elmo. you're big time. >> very tough competition. i appreciate that. >> do not disappoint young mason now. we need a good forecast.

>> it's not so bad this morning, a little bit chilly, but we could be seeing some more thunderstorms, especially by tomorrow. i'm going to talk about that. right now, though, little mason needs to bundle up if he's going to be out there with his mother, karen. we are looking at a temperature into york coming in at 27 degrees. yes, that temperature is below average, baltimore 35 degrees right now, 34 into easton. and when you compare this to yesterday morning, then we're definitely feeling cold this morning. so the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. that's why those temperatures are really able to drop off this morning. but we can see the clouds are around. and as we move back out towards the west, some showers and thunderstorms now firing up along this warm front that's going to move in here as we go through tonight. then we will have that cold front move in as we go through tomorrow morning, and then that's when we'll have some thunderstorms in the forecast and some heavier rain. but in the meantime, if you are going to be out and about today, we will be seeing the clouds just thicken d will pick that and it's doing a good job of seeing those scattered thunderstorms. as we go into 7:00 this evening, yes, that could be our

first round of some showers, maybe a rumble of thunder, just like we had the other day. warm front lifts through, and then we have that cold front back off towards the west. that will slice through the area as we go through your saturday morning. and with that we will definitely see some thunderstorms and also some heavy rain across the area. so we're going to do it all over again in the same places that got the severe weather a couple of days ago, unfortunately are going to get the severe weather once again. once that cold front pushes through, we are going to get some colder air behind that. so, again, we're still on that roller coaster ride. we don't even know when we're going to get off, nothing in the seven day. 57 degrees for right now. we will have increasing clouds, showers possible and we will be cooler today than yesterday. yesterday we came in in the 60s. it was a wonderful day. as we go through tonight, that temperature right around 47 degrees, scattered showers, breezy and mild. let's get a check now of the traffic with greg. good morning. reporter: hey, how are you? we are picking up most of the road work that we had in the overnight hours, just correcting myself, the inner

loop road work was not on 95 at the top side of the beltway but at williams avenue on the bottom side. it should be gone by now and everything else running well. the outer loop at wilkins, we're seeing the pace pick up with a lot more volume, but everybody is running pretty much at speed. we had two work zones breaking late on southbound 95, one on the tidings bridge, it was single file to the right to get through. the other was southbound at the 895 split, that was also dominating the left side of the roadway. the tunnels are already -- all ready, fort mchenry all ready to go. the inner loop at the beltway look good. back to you. this day in history, march 2nd, 1972, the world's first outer plantary probe was launched to jupiter. after the probe was launched, we received out the first images of jupiter. that was in november of 1973. during the mission the on board instruments were used to study the environment around jupiter. now 4:55. a welcome end to three grueling days at sea for thousands of

passengers and crew members. >> stay with us this morning, what hundreds of passengers on a cruise ship had to endure while they were stuck out in the ocean. also a scene, not a vimg il to someone's death, the hundreds of tulips these women through down in support of their country's prime minister. as we go to break, though, this morning, megan, a live look at atlanta, georgia. absolutely. 64 degrees there. we'll get more from lynette on our weather and hopefully mason will be watching. we'll be right back.

a look around the world this morning, passengers aboard the cruise ship that was stuck for three days, they're telling exactly how bad it was. the costa allegra finally reached port yesterday after several harrowing days adrift at sea. the ship lost power after a fire monday. passengers say temperatures rose to an unbearable 100 degrees inside the cabins. sewage backed up in the toilets

and most people slept outside. living in moscow and russia, they have been given tulips by supporters of vladimir putin's presidential bid. they say it signifies the average of a new political season as well as the arrival of spring. supporters presented 100,000 tulips, ensuring each every woman and girl passing through moscow's metro stations received a flower on the first day of spring. aid workers in syria have now been given permission by president basharassad's government to begin evacuating the wounded and delivering supplies. the international red cross is heavily involved this. is the first time official there is have allowed help into the country in nearly a year since the civil war began. the garbage in mexico city is beginning to really pile up and that's because the mayor closed down the country's largest landfill. it's equivalent to 1 1/4 times of the weight of the eiffel tower. mexico city's mayor plans to dump garbage in the suburbs, but that has been met with a large